The 2016-2017 new board members were sworn in at a recent board meeting for the Emerald Coast Children’s Advocacy Centers. (ECCAC)
Bill Fletcher, a Freeport resident, is this year’s new president. He was last year’s vice president and has been on the ECCAC board for the past 3 years in various capacities.
“I’m honored to be serving ECCAC in this capacity,” commented Fletcher. “Particularly since we now have two fully operational centers in both Okaloosa and Walton Counties to offer our many services available to children experiencing abuse, abandonment or neglect.”
Fletcher spent twenty-three years in businesses related to coal ash management, and was the president and CEO of JTM Industries in Kennesaw, Georgia, one of the largest companies in the country dealing in coal combustion by-products. Since 1998, he has resided in Northwest Florida and was working in the building industry until his retirement in 2009. He is also active in other areas in the community to include being a board member of the Kiwanis Club in Freeport/South Walton and the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce; a citizen volunteer for the Walton County Sheriff’s Department; member of the Institute for Senior Professionals at Northwest Florida State College; and a volunteer for Alaqua Animal Refuge.
